Whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"You do not speak like a Highlander," said Montaiglon, finding some of this gasconade unintelligible. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
I take no stock in gasconade that is only thunder. From Wordnik.com. [Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,] Reference
They were excessively given to gasconade, and every true. From Wordnik.com. [Montcalm and Wolfe] Reference
This gasconade made the whole court laugh, even Catherine. From Wordnik.com. [Catherine De Medici] Reference
Admiral Foote used to laugh at his gasconade and bluster. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter IV] Reference
This appeared to all a mere gasconade, and was much laughed at. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Necklace] Reference
Progressivism, the milder forms of Socialism, the whole gasconade of "reform" politics. From Wordnik.com. [Prejudices : first series,] Reference
“That was for mere gasconade, to make himself appear of consequence,” said sir Thomas. From Wordnik.com. [Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments] Reference
Northern Democrats, in a spirit of effrontery and not without gasconade, ventured to put forth. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860] Reference
I have forgotten what the exploits were, but a great deal of gasconade was indulged in in the way of description. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of W. W. Holden,] Reference
We of the North have heard much said in denunciation of us, and have thought it political clap-trap and gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861] Reference
Once we fan away the author's gasconade, his argument seems scrawnier than any of the allegedly fudged climatology. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Paris, having neither troops nor money to send to the interior, evaded the difficulty by a parliamentary gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [The Chouans] Reference
"Don't you believe all they tell you: if you do, you will have a surfeit of gasconade and a troublesome indigestion.". From Wordnik.com. [Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison] Reference
It was amusing to hear him vapor and gasconade about his terrible exploits and hairbreadth escapes in war and hunting. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour on the Prairies.] Reference
The New York Herald has resumed its silly gasconade about a union between North and South to make war on France and England. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
His explanation that "thought takes time" is a proverb not appreciated in an era of instant broadcast and electronic gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [www2.timesdispatch.com - News] Reference
They deliberated, debated, uttered paragraphs of chemical formulae that were, when understood, criticism, gasconade and prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
A vein of gasconade appears in most of his letters, not however accompanied with any conclusive evidence of a real wish to fight. From Wordnik.com. [Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV] Reference
This is no gasconade or bravado, but simply an evidence of an intensity of purpose, of which no man ever had a greater supply than Andrew. From Wordnik.com. [South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure] Reference
His bluster and gasconade desert him, and leave him in pitiful case. ". From Wordnik.com. [French and English A Story of the Struggle in America] Reference
As against the not unhollow symbolic strut and gasconade of such over-pæaned pieces as, let us for example say, "The. From Wordnik.com. [Prejudices : first series,] Reference
This, however, was no better than a gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
All this talk and gasconade of Abolitionists have but the tighter bound the negroes. ". From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of a female slave,] Reference
Française, "they added, with an air of true French gasconade," est dans l'intelligence des soldats. ". From Wordnik.com. [Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.] Reference
Full of gasconade and bravado. From Wordnik.com. [Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I] Reference
We hear of no gasconade on her part. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
But at the gasconade Perretta smiled. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete] Reference
"Look at me," said he, with drunken gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth] Reference
From gasconade to gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 25] Reference
"gasconade.". From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
19. gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
"honesty," and their gasconade. From Wordnik.com. [From Edinburgh to India & Burmah] Reference
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